Award-winning
actor Neil Patrick Harris will return to New York City to join Kelly Ripa as
guest co-host on "LIVE! with Kelly" for five shows, Nov. 28-Dec. 2, 2011.

Harris is a
favorite on "LIVE!" and has filled the co-host chair next to Ripa on multiple
occasions. Among the guests sitting down with Ripa and Harris are the
inimitable Betty White; "SNL" and "Up All Night" star Maya Rudolph; "Desperate
Housewives" actress Marcia Cross; supermodel Molly Sims; and actresses Angie
Harmon and Kristen Johnston. The week also will feature musical performances by
Avril Lavigne, Hot Chelle Rae and Cobra Starship, plus a special demo by
Science Bob.

Harris currently
stars as Barney Stinson on the hit CBS sitcom, "How I Met Your Mother," a role
that has garnered him multiple Emmy and Golden Globe Award nominations, as well
as a People's Choice Award for Favorite TV Comedy Actor, and a Critics' Choice
Award for Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. Earlier this year he starred in
the live-action/animated feature "The Smurfs," and he can currently be
seen onscreen in "A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas." On
television, Harris gained notoriety as the title character in "Doogie
Howser, M.D." Additional television credits include an Emmy Award-winning turn
on "Glee." Harris served as the host of the 63rd Tony Awards (Emmy Award), the
65th Tony Awards, and the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards.

A veteran of
the theater, he recently tackled the leading role of Bobby in the New York
Philharmonic's concert production of Stephen Sondheim's "Company" at
Lincoln Center. Additional Broadway credits include "Assassins," "Cabaret" and
"Proof." Harris made his theatrical directorial debut with "I Am
Grock" at the El Portal Theatre, and he has subsequently directed
productions of Jonathan Larson's "Rent," at the Hollywood Bowl, and "The Expert
at the Card Table" at the Broad Stage.